El Salvador Teachers Strike For Better Pay

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July 10, 1999

SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador - A group representing 29,000 public school teachers announced strikes Friday to demand the government grant them a 30 percent salary increase. Felipe Rivera, secretary-general of the Association of Salvadoran Educators, said the strikes would take place Tuesday in all 14 of the country's provinces as well as on July 20 and 21. Salaries now range between $345 and $505 per month.